Udzungwa National Park
Description: Udzungwa is the largest and most biodiverse of a chain of a dozen large forest-swathed mountains that rise majestically in Eastern Tanzania.
Known collectively as the Eastern Arc Mountains, it has also been dubbed the African Galapagos for its treasure-trove of endemic plants and animals, most familiarly the delicate African violet. It is a magnet for hikers, with its excellent network of forest trails.
Ornithologists are attracted by the avian wealth of more than 400 species. Of six primate species recorded, the Iringa red colobus and Sanje Crested Mangabey (discovered in 1979) both occur nowhere else in the world.
Undoubtedly, more treasures are yet to be uncovered as scientific exploration continues.
Location: Just south of Mikumi, between Ruaha and Selous. A visit can be done as a day trip from Mikumi
Things 2 Do: Hiking
Time: Spend from 1 day to several, depending on your interest in hiking
Animals: 11 species of Primates, Buffalo, Elephants, 400+ bird species, 3 endemic Reptiles (a Gecko, a Skink and a Chameleon), Millipedes, a Tree Frog and more than 70 species of Spiders.
Accommodations
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Wami River Camp
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Foxes Safari Camp (Mikumi)
Vuma Hills Tented Camp (Mikumi)
“Casey assisted me with all my planning for the Safari. He arranged everything with meticulous detail. I started the Safari the very next day after my Kilimanjaro trek. Casey arranged and advised me on all the logistics from introducing me to my Safari guide, providing his contact details through to the kind of accommodation I wanted on the Safari.
Casey is extremely personable and very easy to talk to. He listens to you and understands your individual circumstances and he advised me with suggestions I may not have thought of or don’t know when traveling to a new country. For example, the time I spent with the different tribes in Tanzania and which tribal communities I would enjoy visiting and learning about. I would highly recommend him.
Casey also revised my itinerary numerous times to accommodate my dates and what I wanted to see.
The best part of my experience with A2T was that they especially arranged for me to experience the Great Migration of the Wildebeests.”